Urban Expansion

Listed below are examples of research projects available online and general information from USGS about urban expansion.

• Anacostia Freshwater Tidal Reconstructed Wetlands (Maryland; Potomac River; Washington, D.C.) (PWRC) (also related to Freshwater Wetlands)
  
  
• Aquatic Gap (Great Lakes Ecosystems Information Node)
  

• Biological Research on Fire in the West. Fact Sheet. Download the File. (460 KB, PDF) (West, California, Sierra Nevada, Nevada, Oregon, Idaho, Great Basin, Mojave desert, Sonoran desert) (FRESC) (also related to Arid Lands, Fire, Forests, Grasslands, Invasive Species)

• Evaluation of Forested Wetlands Constructed for Mitigation in Comparison to Natural Systems (Maryland) (PWRC) (also related to Forested Wetlands)

• Interactions of Cattle Grazing and Climate on Semi-Arid Ecosystem Functions (Arizona, California, Colorado, Idaho, Intermountain West, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah, Western U.S.) (FRESC) (also related to Arid Lands, Global Change)

• Paynes Prairie Ecopassage Project (Florida) (FISC) (also related to Freshwater Wetlands)
  

• Restoration of Native Hawaiian Dryland Forest at Auwahi, Maui. Fact Sheet. Download the File. (7,726 KB, PDF) (Maui, Hawaii) (PIERC) (also related to Arid Lands, Forests, Invasive Species)

	More Research Samples from: Florida Integrated Science Center (FISC) Forest and Rangeland Ecosystem Science Center (FRESC) Pacific Island Ecosystems Research Center (PIERC) Patuxent Wildlife Research Center (PWRC)